Nigeria Records 999 New Cases Of COVID-19

Nigeria Records 999 New Cases Of COVID-19

On Tuesday, December 22, 999 new cases of the ravaging coronavirus was recorded in the country.

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, FCT recorded 416 new cases, the highest for the day.

States with fresh cases include Lagos-324, Kaduna-68, Plateau-42, Kwara-32, Kano-24, Gombe-14, Sokoto-12, Yobe-12, Akwa Ibom-11, Bayelsa-10, Rivers-7, Bauchi-7, Ogun-6 ,Oyo-5, Edo-4, Taraba-4 and Jigawa-1.

Nigeria has 79,789 confirmed cases with 68,879 patients discharged. Sadly, 1,231 deaths have been recorded from the viral disease.

See breakdown of the number of cases per states below;